Collaboration, contracts, and the tyranny of platforms

The beauty of blockchains and smart contracts is that they are under-explored spaces in which you can look at problems through a news lens – specifically those related to capital formation, coordination and automation.

At a fundamental level, blockchain networks and smart contract protocols enable technical decentralization. But they can also be designed in a manner that promotes both economic and legal decentralization as well, including:-by enabling transparency — for example, anyone can currently view where the most digital assets have been deposited-by being ... See more

Smart contracting platforms like Ethereum and Solana address the two most important components of coordination: global market-based standards upon which further innovation can build, and a source of digitally native trust production. They create a peer-to-peer contracting environment and streamline human coordination.